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Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

What if I write an article titled

Can any headline that ends in a question mark be answered by the word no?

The original assertion is about headlines that are actually written, as headlines, in newspapers. It's possible to hypothesize many things, but until you show they're actually used, it's just a change of topic.

Hofstadter’s headline.

What about Schrödinger's headline ? What if first you have to observe the article content ?

Perish the thought.

To be fair, I don't think the author felt qualified to make an assertion. The title does reflect the investigation. I don't think deception is intended.

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